Automobile-lock.



c. R. PARKER & R. D. WIRT.

AUTOMOBILE LOOK.

APPLIGATIQN FILED JUNE 6, 1910.

Patented May 16, 1911 Inventor Attorneys I UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.-

GHARLES R. PARKER AND REUBEN D. WI'RT, OF PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA, I ASSIGNORS 'IO GENERAL UTILITY 00., 0E PHILADELPHIA, PENNSYLVANIA.

AUTOMOBILE-LOCK.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented. May 16, 1911.

Application filed June 6, 1910. Serial No. 565,204.

To all whom it may concern: v

,Be it known that we, CHARLES R. PARKER and llnrfnnN D. VIRT, citizens of the United States, residing at Philadelphia, in the county of Philadelphia, State of Pennsylvania. have invented a new and useful Automobile-Lock, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to looks for use in connection with the controlling lever of an automobile, its object being toprovide simple means which can be readily placed and secured in the path of the lever soas to hold it in a predetermined posit-ion and thus prevent unauthorized persons from tampering with the machine in an endeavor to operate the same. Another object is to provide a lock which is very simple in construction and will not readily get out of order.

\Vith' these and other ob]ects in view the invention consists of certain novel details .ot construction and combinations of parts hereinafter more fully described and pointed out in the claims.

In the accompanying drawings the preferred forms of the invention have been shown,

In said drawings :Figure 1' is a vertical section through a portion of the floor of a motor vehicle and showing the lock in position within the lever guideway in said floor. Fig. 2 is a plan view of the lock,' the position of the slot thereunder being indicated by dotted lines. Fig. 3 is a section on line A'B Fig. 1. I

Referring to the figures by characters of reference 1 designates a portion of the floor of an automobile of that type wherein the controlling lever 2 is mounted to work within a slot 3 formed within the floor and without the useof a guide plate. Automobiles of this type are provided with metal braces 4 upon the chassis close to the Walls of the slot in the floor and it is designed, in the present instance, to'provide a lock which will cover or fill all portions of the slot eX- cept where the lever is located, this look including means for en aging the metallic braces 4 to hold the lock in place.

As shown in the drawings the lock consists of a base plate 5 adapted to cover all portions of the slot 3 except where the lever 2 is located, this plate being provided adja cent one end with a depending lug 6 adapted to fit in one end portion ofthe slot 3 Wllilfl another. lug 7 extends downwardly 4 from the other end portion of the plate and is adapted to project into the slot 3 and contact with the lever '2. A boss 8 extends downwardly from the plate 5 at a point between the two lugs and has a stem 9 journaled within it, this stem carrying a button 10 at its lowerend, the length of the button being greater than the width of the slot 3. This button may be securedto the stem in any suitable manner, as by upsetting the end of the stem, the stem being adapted to -rotate with the button. A reinforcing web 11 may be formed upon the bottom of the plate between the lugs and boss.

Stem 9 has a head 12 at its upper end and bearing on the plate 5, this head being formed with an integral elongated wing 13 provided with an opening 14 in-one end. An

ear 15 extends upwardly from the platevad jacent one end thereof and also hasan opening 16 therein, the wing-l3 being adapted to swing against this car 15"so as to bring the two openings 14 and 16 into register. The button 10 is disposed at right angles totlie wing 13 and when said wing is in contact with the ear 15 it extends. along the longitudinal center of the plate 5 and holds the but-' ton'lO at right angles to the walls of the slot jects under the walls of the slotand thus plrevents removal of the plate 5 from. the s ot.

In using the lock the lever 2 is shifted to a position at one end of the slot 3 and where placed across the slot and with the lugs 6 and 7 projecting into said'slot between one end thereof and the lever, as shown in Fig. 1. Before the plate can thus be positioned, it is necessary to swing the wing 13 laterally in order to partly rotate the button 10 so that it can be inserted through the slot. After the lock has been applied,the.wing 13 is swung back against the ear 15 and .the button 10 thus moves underthe side walls of the slot and positively locks the plate to the floor. By then placing a padlock in en gagement with the ear and wing, the same can be securely fastened together and the lever 2 will thus be held against actuation until the plate 5 has been detached.

.As the floor of the automobile is usually '3. When the button is thus located itproremovable, the parts are so proportioned as to permit the button to move into engage- "mentwith the metallic braces 4 as shown in Fig. 3.

Various changes can of course be made in the construction and arrangement of the parts without departing from-the spirit or sacrificing any of the advantages of the invention as defined in the appended claims.

\Vhat is claimed is 1. A lever lock including a base, means depending therefrom for projecting into a le ver guide, a stem mounted for rotation in the base, a lever guide engaging button rev oluble therewith, a wing revoluble with the stem and above the base, and a stop in the I path of the wing and extending from the base.

being revoluble together and a stop on the plate in the path ofthe wing, said stop and wing having lock receiving openings.

In testimony that we claim the foregoing as our own, we have hereto aflixed our signatures in the presence of two witnesses.

' CHARLES R. PARKER.

JREUBEN D. l/VIRT.

Witnesses Anson B. EVANS, CHARLES K. JOHNSON.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents,

Washington, D. C. 

